https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19161

--- Comment #61 from Gregor Hagedorn <[email protected]> 2012-03-16 
08:05:02 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #59)
> "autocreation isn't working" (which would be worse than this bug). We can
> reduce it by disabling only autocreation, while keeping global login to sites
> where you already have an account.

I think this is what needed. The previously discussed option to remove global
login (single-sign-on) is not a valid. If I have accounts on multiple wikis,
most people likely do want to remain signed in in all. Especially to shared
repositories.

> Nonetheless, that would still reveal a number of users IPs. And it would also
> damage, for instance, the experience of switching to Wikimedia Commons from
> your home wiki.

Could Commons be configured to be an exception? I can think of two modes: (a)
The WMF privacy statement explain that commons is always included, and the
software keeps the present behavior for commons (b) In the case of commons
autocreation is offered but needs confirmation. I prefer (a).

In the case of other wikis I don't care much whether the option (b) or (c):
require a manual login the first time to create account is chosen.


Please note that part of this bug is legal: The privacy statement of WMF
contradicts the behavior of the software, the software is violating the privacy
rules explained to users and therefore a threat of some troll taking legal
action against WMF exists.

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